Suzuki Harunobu (1724-1770) , Suzuki Harunobu (1724-1770)

Suzuki Harunobu (1724-1770)

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Suzuki Harunobu (1724-1770)
A beauty on a veranda hiding her thighs with a fan as a man seen in silhouette in an interior pulls her skirt, signed Harunobu ga--good impression, some pigment faded, slightly soiled, creased and rubbed, horizontal center crease, retouched, restorations on lower corners, lightly backed, backing residue on verso along edge
chuban: 26.7 x 19.7cm.

Provenance

Ernest Le Véel

Lot Essay

For two other impressions of this print see David B. Waterhouse, Bosuton bijutsukan/Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, supplemental vol. 1, Harunobu I of Ukiyo-e shuka (Tokyo: Shogakukan, 1982), pl. 124; Sotheby's, London, Highly Important Japanese Prints, Illustrated Books, Drawings and Paintings from the Henri Vever Collection: Part III, 24 March, 1977, lot 50.

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